A Few Good Men

While Socrates argued that men do not go wrong voluntarily and ignored the role of the human will in the processes of human actions, the Bible says in Romans 3:23, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”

Oh yes, you can read Voltaire, Rousseau, Hobbes, Locke, Derrida, Foucault, Des Cartes, Marx, Confuscius, Sophicles, Neitche and the entire host of writers who attempt to find the meaning for life, but none will match the word of the Lord. None will give you wisdom like the Proverbs; not one of them can soothe your heart like the Psalms; not one will convict and transform you like the gospels. Not one will educate you like the epistles, and none can inform you like Daniel and Revelation.

History, philosophy, sociology, anthropology mathematics physics etc. all submit to the word of the Lord and prove to be insufficient to answer humanity’s questions. But the word of the Lord does.

The word of the Lord has been put to the test and has proven to be reliable (2 Samuel 22:31). The word of the Lord is a thousand generations (1 Chronicles 16:15). The word of the Lord is for a memorial (Exodus 3:19). There is power in the word of the Lord (Luke 4:32).

The word must be in our mouths (Deuteronomy 30:14). The word must be in our heart and soul (Deuteronomy 6:6, 11:18). The word must be taught to our children (Deuteronomy.6:7). We must live by the word (Deuteronomy. 8:3). We must meditate in the word (Joshua 1:8). Like David we must rejoice when we hear the word (Psalms 119:162). Like Ezekiel we must use the word to warn the world (Ezekiel 3:17). Like the Israelites, the word of the Lord should be on our hands, between our eyes, in our houses and on our gates (Deuteronomy 6:8,9).

Eleazar was a man of the word

So when he was attacked he stood up with his teammate and defeated the Philistines.